Just in time for
Banned Books Week! According to
this article in Reuters (republished in
this issue of
Shelf Awareness), a school board in southwest Missouri unanimously voted to overturn a previous ban on two books,
Twenty Boy Summer and
Slaughterhouse Five. The controversial books include violence, offensive language, and sexually explicit material which run contrary to Biblical teaching. The decision allows the books to be available in the school, but only parents or guardians may check them out. Additionally, the books cannot be added to teachers' required reading lists. Have you read one of these books? Weigh in by commenting!
